What is Kansas City Southern Cash Flow from Investing?
Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).
For the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021, Kansas City Southernspent$3 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
It gained$3 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
It spent$1 Mil on purchasing business.
It gained$0 Mil from selling business.
It spent$0 Mil on purchasing investments.
It gained$0 Mil from selling investments.
It paid$0Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
And it paid$128 Mil for other investing activities.
In all, Kansas City Southernspent$128 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021.
Kansas City Southern Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data
The historical data trend for Kansas City Southern's Cash Flow from Investing can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Kansas City Southern Cash Flow from Investing Chart
Kansas City Southern Cash Flow from Investing Calculation
Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).
If a company spends cash on property, plant and equipment (PPE), this will reduce their cash position. This is called Capital Expenditures (CPEX).
Likewise, if a company buys another company for cash, this will reduce their cash position.
Kansas City Southern's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as:
Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-520 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation
Kansas City Southern's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $-3 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern spent $3 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.
In the capital spending for property, plant and equipment (PPE), some part of spending may be from the expansion of business. The business needs more property, plant and equipment (PPE) as it grows. Another part may be from replacement of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of existing business. For some companies, the cash spent on replacing of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business will be close to the depreciation of property, plant and equipment (PPE) reported in the income statement.
In Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, he deducts the estimate of the cost of replacing the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business from cash flow from operations. The cash spent on the new property, plant, and equipment is not deducted. The reason is because these are not costs of the existing business. In his 1986 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett wrote this about owner earnings:
"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume....Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."
Kansas City Southern's sale of property, plant, equipment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $3 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern gained $3 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.
3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.
Kansas City Southern's purchase of business for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $-1 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern spent $1 Mil on purchasing business.
4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.
Kansas City Southern's sale of business for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern gained $0 Mil from selling business.
5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.
Kansas City Southern's purchase of investment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0 Mil on purchasing investments.
6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.
Kansas City Southern's sale of investment for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil. It means Kansas City Southern gained $0 Mil from selling investments.
7. Net Intangibles Purchase And Sale:
Net Intangibles purchase and sale means the net cash inflow received by a company that comes from the purchase and sale of intangibles. It equals the cash received from sale of intangibles minus the cash spent on purchasing intangibles.
Kansas City Southern's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil.
It means Kansas City Southern paid $0 Mil for net Intangibles purchase and sale.
8. Cash From Discontinued Investing Activities:
Cash from discontinued investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from the discontinued investing activities.
Kansas City Southern's cash from discontinued investing activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was 0 Mil.
It means Kansas City Southern paid $0 Mil for discontinued investing activities.
9. Cash From Other Investing Activities:
Cash from other investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from other investing activities.
Kansas City Southern's cash from other investing activities for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2021 was $-128 Mil.
It means Kansas City Southern paid $128 Mil for other investing activities.
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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Business Description
Kansas City Southern, the smallest Class I railroad, derives about half of its $2.6 billion revenue on 3,400 miles of track in the Central and Southern United States. Remaining sales are produced by operating concessions on 3,300 miles of rail in Mexico and 47 miles of track adjacent to the Panama Canal. KCS' freight includes industrial and forest products (around 21% of total revenue), chemicals and petroleum (26%), agriculture and minerals (18%), intermodal (13%), energy (9%), and autos (9%); other revenue stems from switching, demurrage, and the like.
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